Sunday, 18 January 2015

1000 Flowers for the Planet - #418 Simplify

1000 Flowers for the Planet - #418 Simplify

So many of us rush around like crazy all day and all
evening, falling into bed at the end of the day with a long list racing through
our mind of everything we need to do tomorrow. What sort of life is that? We
seem to have developed a grossly over-rated sense of importance and to have
attached this importance to everything we do and everything we ‘must’ have.
Will you really fail to live another day if you don’t move to a bigger house?
Will your children suffer permanent life trauma if they don’t have that new
trampoline or the latest video game? Do you really think your workplace will
fall apart if you suddenly weren’t there anymore? You may be surprised to know
that they will carry on without you, without skipping a beat. We’ve succeeded
in complicating our lives with lots and lots of stuff we don’t need, with pumped up egos thinking the world won’t
spin without us.

Take a serious look at your life, at home and at work, and
consider what’s important. Is it more important to take your child to after
school activities five days a week or to stay at home and spend some quality time
together? Do you really need to work back late every night or are you exaggerating
your task list to make yourself look important? Is there something you could
delegate to someone else? Get rid of your clutter. Clear your head. Clear your
spaces. Examine your motives and decide what would be more important to you if
you knew you were going to die tomorrow. Simplify your life and reap the
rewards of better connections with humans, better connections with your
environment and a lighter impact on the planet.

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I am a writer, emerging artist, quiltmaker and public speaker. My current art installation is a work in progress, titled "1000 Flowers for the Planet". Every day, for 1000 days, I will blog one flower with a positive suggestion for how we can improve the planet - environmental, social, moral and ethical ideas. Please join me on this journey, send me your ideas for further suggestions and feel free to comment. If everyone took up only 1% of the ideas (i.e. 10 new actions), imagine the shift in the world!!
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